Unravelling nerve-cell death in rare children's disease

(Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute) Researchers discover mutations in a protein that plays a role in the body's DNA repair system -- similar to what's observed in the rare children's disease ataxia-telangiectasia. The discovery provides an approach to identifying therapies that will resuscitate the broken DNA repair mechanism.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news